While recording an upcoming episode of Weird Islanders: The Podcast! we had a great conversation with guest John Cullen about Islanders' fans continued vitriol towards former captain John Tavares.

John tries to better understand where Islanders fans get their hatred from by asking how it all came to this. Clearly, Mike and Dan still have a lot of feelings about it and the many people who made that time period so traumatic for them. They try get out as much as they can while also learning how to better communicate it all. It's hard to tell how swayed John is, but perhaps his own feelings about former Maple Leaf Mitch Marner, as his return with Vegas Golden Knights draws near, will make him sympathize with Islanders fans more.

With the Islanders hosting Toronto this weekend, it seemed better to release this Weird Islanders Extra! bonus episode now rather than wait for John's full episode to run, which will be in February during the Olympics. John is a great guy who's part of a lot of entertaining projects, so follow him at @CullenTheComic on Instagram and listen to his podcasts, Broomgate, A Curling Scandal, What is...? A Jeopardy! Podcast, The POD Kast and Blocked Party. He'll also be covering curling at the Olympics for CBC and his book Curling Rocks! will be out on February 3rd.

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